Evidence you can inspect

Where the data comes from

• Zillow Research: city home-value and rent indices.
• U.S. Census American Community Survey: household, income, education, and housing context.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics: reported local unemployment and employment data.
• Bureau of Economic Analysis: regional price levels.
• FEMA National Risk Index: modeled natural-hazard risk.
• Open-Meteo: weather forecasts and historical climate data.
• National Center for Education Statistics: schools and colleges.

Sources cover different geographies and observation periods. A county unemployment rate, a city rent index, and a Census-tract risk score are not measurements of the same area. The app labels dates, sources, and geographic limitations where the data is shown.

How calculations are labeled

Reported values are observations from a named provider. Calculated values use visible source data and disclosed formulas. Estimated values use planning fallbacks when a more precise observation is unavailable. Unavailable values remain missing rather than being treated as zero or as evidence of safety.

Life Simulator costs, fit scores, and regret factors depend on household inputs and application assumptions. They are planning tools, not validated predictions or personalized financial, tax, insurance, or employment advice.

Dates and updates

Public city guides are generated from the local Zillow dataset when the site is built. Every housing figure has its own observation period. The interactive app also requests provider data; provider publication schedules and caches mean different cards can have different dates.

Your household stays on your device

The app has no account system. Household inputs, shortlist, and progress are stored in your browser. City links contain only city identifiers or city-center coordinates and labels. Opening a city guide does not replace your saved household profile.

Public data requests still contact the relevant services. A personal budget or home/work address is not published in a city guide.

Project and corrections

MyCityIntel is a project by Lloyd Marcelino. To verify or correct a source observation, start with the provider link shown with the measurement. Planning assumptions can be edited in the app.